Friday, March 30 -- English 101

During Class:

• Bibliography final edits:  capitalization and italics.
• Portfolio 2 assignment sheet (handout).  Portfolio 2 is due Wednesday, May 1.
• Plagiarism and how to avoid it.
• Paraphrasing Practice (handout)
• Brainstorm ideas for note making
• Review of text, pp. 353 - 359 (thesis, focused research, note-taking)
• Discuss organizing the structure of the essay
• Work on completing Stakeholder Analysis 

Assignment for Monday, April 2

• Completed Stakeholder Analysis chart (on Classroom)

Assignment for Wednesday, April 4

• Create an informal outline of your essay (on Classroom)  [Sample Outline] 
• Continue note-taking phase of research.  Complete your first 5 note cards or record your first 5 "chunks" of information.  This, ideally, should be a mix of paraphrased information and quotes.
• Read “Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources” pp. 399-403. Read “Integrating Source Material into your Writing” pp. 404-408. Read “Synthesizing Sources” pp. 408-413 .

Assignment for Thursday, April 5

• Begin writing your essay. Draft at least the introduction (define the issue, include necessary background information, indicate why it’s important to the audience, include your research question).  Sample essays are here.

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--Cartoon from Wikimedia Commons via Creative Commons.

MLA 8 Format

General structure of a database citation in MLA 8:

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the source.” Title of the first container, First name Last name of any contributors, Version, Numbers, Publisher, Publication date, Name of Database, URL or DOI.

Common items are highlighted above.  Less common are items such as contributors and publisher.  These items should be included if available but often are not available.  

Use the following capitalization rule for your article (or website page) titles:  capitalize the first word of the article title and also capitalize any proper nouns.  All other words should be lower case.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is something you have to work hard to avoid -- like getting wet when it is raining.  In other words, if you just go about your business as is your habit, you are likely to get wet, just as you are likely to unintentionally plagiarize unless you take safeguards:
1) acknowledge your sources -- bibliography
2) refer to sources as needed
3) use quotation marks for quotes.  If you don't want to put something in your own words, if in doubt, use a direct quote.
4) paraphrase information when taking notes

How to Paraphrase:

• change the words
• change the order of words
• change the structure of the author’s words
• collapse lists
  
  An excellent site on the intricacies of plagiarism and how to avoid it is Plagiarism.org

1. Brief Report out on articles:  a buddy, a foreign agent, a gemstone.

2. Peer Review of Annotated Bibliography

• discuss citation formatting fine points
• discuss annotations

3. Revise Annotated Bibliographies as needed.
4. Complete In-Progress Reflection on Classroom.
5. Review Portfolio #2 Assignment Sheet & Grading Criteria

Paraphrasing -- An Essential Research Skill

Paraphrasing Slideshow
Paraphrasing Practice 
Paraphrasing Answer Key

Assignments:  
Due Thursday:
Read text "Doing Focused Research," pp, 336-341.

Due Friday:
Final draft of Annotated Bibliography.

Due Monday:
Complete total of 15 boxes in Stakeholder Analysis chart

Workshop:

• Fill out 10 boxes on Stakeholder Analysis Chart (see Google Classroom)
• move bookmarks to Diigo, Google doc., notecards, or notebook
• read & annotate articles
• begin to categorize and label articles
• begin selecting sources and creating bibliography.  (Draft bib. including annotations is due Wednesday)

Stakeholder cartoons

--World's Shortest Political Quiz
--Situate your own position on the issue you are researching
--A few thoughts on identifying other perspectives (stakeholders) related to you issue
--Begin Stakeholder Analysis Chart (see Classroom)

--Workshop:

• move bookmarks to Diigo, Google doc., notecards, or notebook
• read & annotate articles
• begin to categorize and label articles
• begin selecting sources and creating bibliography.

During class:

--Review Annotated Bibliography guidelines
--Review sample Annotated Bibliography
--Complete Analyzing Sources "thinksheet" (Google Classroom)

Assignment for Thursday
--Find, bookmark, and read two more articles, bringing your total to 10

Due Dates for Annotated Bibliography

Peer-Review Draft Due:   Wednesday, March 28

Final Draft Due:  Friday, March 30

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Tuesday, March 20 -- During Class.

1. Videos on search tips

2. Organize & categorize sources -- Set up a system!

                   Diigo or Notebook or Note Cards

3. Review and revise topic proposal as needed.

4. Apple Pie Controversy

Assignment:

1. Find at least 2 more articles & add them to your "collection."

2. Read "Evaluating Sources," text, pp. 390- 398.

Monday, March 19 -- English 101

1. Debrief Personal Position Analysis (biases and where they come from)

2. Review reading, pp. 345 - 388.

3. Videos on search tips

4. Diigo vs. Note Cards

Assignment:

--Use academic databases to find three more articles and bring a total of at least 6 articles (bookmarks, Diigo bookmarks or printed)  to class.

Thursday, March 15 -- English 101

• Turn in your annotated copy of "The Argument Culture" (for those who were not in class last Friday)
• Turn in your potential topic list exercise (if it is not already on Classroom)
• Get checked off for having 3 articles about your topic to class.
• Review text, pp. 350 - 370. 
• Present highlights of your topic proposal to the class

Assignment for Monday:

--Read pages 370 - 388 in the handbook

--Complete Personal Position Analysis (see Classroom)
--Other TBA.  Additions may be made up until Friday afternoon.

Upcoming:
--Use academic databases to find three more articles and bring a total of at least 6 articles (bookmarks, Diigo bookmarks or printed)  to class.

--Advanced search techniques.

--Diigo vs. note cards

Monday, March 12 -- English 101

During Class:
 --submit homework assignment
 --intro. to academic databases.  (Why isn't Google the answer for everything?)
--research options including notecards, Diigo, bib. generators.
 --research log sheet
 --begin your topic proposal, a template for which is on Google Classroom

Assignment for Thursday, March 15:

• Complete your topic proposal (see template on Google Classroom)
• Bring 3 articles about your topic to class (these can be bookmarked or printed).  2 or more of the articles should be found via an academic database.
• Read text, pp. 350 - 370.  (You may be able to skim over some sections.)

Next time we meet, be prepared to:

--turn in your annotated copy of "The Argument Culture" (for those who were not in class last Friday)

--turn in your potential topic list exercise (if it is not already on Classroom)

Finding Truth in the Era of Fake News

Resources for Research

 Academic Databases

--Explora
--Current Controversies (a list of academic databases selected for you by Mr. Richards)
--Marvel

• see especially
  --Teen Resource Center
  --Proquest
  --Points of View Reference Center
  --Academic Search Complete 

-- Google Scholar

Other Resources
--Issues & Controversies
--New York Times - Times Topics
--Clusty 
--Virtual Learning Resources Center
--iseek   
--Tips for Advanced Searching 

Wednesday, March 7

During Class:

• Portfolio 1 will be collected.  Please refer to the assignment checklist we created to make sure you have met all requirements.  Other documents to refer to include: Portfolio 1 Contents, Portfolio 1 Guidelines, and Portfolio 1 Rubric.


• Intro to portfolio 2; research topic criteria overview; potential topic list exercise. 

Recommended Publications for News Articles:

High quality sources that tend to have more balanced coverage:
1.  NPR News

2. New York Times

3. Christian Science Monitor

4. Reuters

5. Wall Street Journal

6. The Economist

7. Bangor Daily News

8. Portland Press Herald

Sources that reflect more political bias:
9. The New Republic

10. Utne Reader

11. Fox News

Sources that present both sides:
12. Pro/Con.org

13. Issues & Controversies

14. Newsela (Class code is XMTXDT)

Assignment for Friday, March 9:
Read and annotate "The Argument Culture" (article)

Assignment for Monday, March 12:
1. Complete the Potential Topic List Exercise by listing 5 articles (include source information, a one sentence summary, and a potential question for each).

2. Decide on a topic/issue for Portfolio 2 – refer to the research topic criteria discussed in class to make sure your topic is a good fit.

3. Read pages 345-349 in the handbook.

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Self-conference:

• A Guide to Revision
• Guide to Revising Body Paragraphs and Conclusions

Peer Conference

• Peer Review Guide (handout)

Upcoming / Friday:

• Create checklist using 
• Portfolio 1 Guidelines
• Portfolio 1 Grading Rubric
• Submit & get feedback on reverse outline
• Closing paragraph.  What is the last word of your essay?

Due Monday:

--Revised draft for Teacher Conference